The low bar for pardons under presidents from both parties invites people do bad things because the risk of consequence is ...

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...

The recent flurry of presidential pardons from both former President Biden and President Trump has put a renewed focus on what the Constitution allows a president to do.

President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS—and your tax refund.

Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter and other presidents.

The first coming from President George Washington in 1795 during the Whiskey Rebellion. Other presidents such as Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, James Madison, Andrew Johnson and even Donald Trump have ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...

The Potomac River in Washington is frozen. On Friday afternoon, divers on a D.C. police boat maneuvered through slabs of ice atop the water and recovered the second of two dead bodies—a pickup ...

The Chicago Bears interviewed Tennessee State coach Eddie George, the Heisman Trophy-winning former NFL running back, for their head coach vacancy Sunday. The 51-year-old George is 24-22 in four ...

MIDDLETOWN -- George A. Tice, the unofficial “photographer laureate” of New Jersey whose black-and-white photographs often captured the visceral, almost haunting urban landscapes of his home ...